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I was sifting through 1995 videos out of boredom and was watching Worlds / Nationals that year.
I was impressed by Nicole Bobek's command of the ice, speed, size of her jumps, presentation and musicality, relating so well to the audience. She landed a 3Z-3T and Sandra Bezic noted that she had been landing them all week in practice. Her spiral was honestly better than anyone else's in my mind (that include's Kwan)
IF she had skated with consistency year after year and with an arsenal that included jump combos like that, what would she have been able to accomplish and specifically, what would have become of Kwan / Lipinski?? Kwan offered beautiful skating and Lipinski was the little engine that could, but I don't think either skated as big or powerful as Nicole. Could she have been dominant in the 95-98 era? Curious as to people's opinions ....
ETA - If you look at her ambitious jump layout from 95 Worlds LP - 3Z-3T, 3F-2T, split-3T, 2A, 3L, 1A-3S, was there another Lutz attempt in there? IDK, that would've held her in good stead at Nagano
I was impressed by Nicole Bobek's command of the ice, speed, size of her jumps, presentation and musicality, relating so well to the audience. She landed a 3Z-3T and Sandra Bezic noted that she had been landing them all week in practice. Her spiral was honestly better than anyone else's in my mind (that include's Kwan)
IF she had skated with consistency year after year and with an arsenal that included jump combos like that, what would she have been able to accomplish and specifically, what would have become of Kwan / Lipinski?? Kwan offered beautiful skating and Lipinski was the little engine that could, but I don't think either skated as big or powerful as Nicole. Could she have been dominant in the 95-98 era? Curious as to people's opinions ....
ETA - If you look at her ambitious jump layout from 95 Worlds LP - 3Z-3T, 3F-2T, split-3T, 2A, 3L, 1A-3S, was there another Lutz attempt in there? IDK, that would've held her in good stead at Nagano
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